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Definition of "forestay" [fore•stay]

  • Nautical A stay extending from the head of the foremast to the bowsprit of a ship. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "forestay" in a sentence
  • "We had to adjust the lengths of strops from which our so-called forestay hangs several times in order to create the right bend in the mast again."
  • "• New watertight bulkhead glassed in to hold new inner forestay chainplate"
  • "In fact, because I have an overcautious habit of pulling up the storm jib on the inner forestay whenever the weather forecast is bad and the wind rises above about 25 knots, I can actually claim to have left the safety of the cockpit in over 35 knots of wind only once."